JobsCountry Directors - ETHIOPIA – MALAWI – PAKISTAN - SOUTH SUDAN ... - Reuters AlertNet

Salary:                                                                  €41,748 to €48,840 with benefits such as accommodation and insurance

Contract Length:                                              3 years

Date Needed By:                                             Varying from May to December 2013

Accompanied / Unaccompanied:             all these roles can be taken up as an accompanied contract, apart from South Sudan

Reports To:                                                         Regional Director in Dublin

Responsible For:                                              All staff of country programme

Short description of the role:

The Country Director has overall responsibility for strategic planning, programmatic direction, and management oversight of all programmes and operations of Concern Worldwide in the country of assignment.  The Country Director will ensure effective and professional management of all aspects of the country programme, ensuring compliance with Concern’s organisational procedures, policies and values.

The main duties and responsibilities include Strategic Planning, Leadership, Programme Development and Management, Programme Quality  and Learning, Human Resource Management, Risk Management and Financial Accountability, Systems, Policies and Procedures, Representation  and Networking.

Essential requirements

• Third Level Degree preferably in social science or development management or business management or related discipline.
• 5 years working experience in a senior position within a development organization preferably in international NGO with a sustainable development approach
• Proven experience of development and management of diverse and multi-sectoral programmes such a livelihood, health, education and HIV.
• Experience of managing a diverse team of senior staff including international staff
• Experienced in management of financial resources and overseeing human resources, administration and logistics function.
• Experience in building relations with donors and securing external donor funding.
• Good knowledge and experience of incorporating rights based, equality and advocacy approaches across development programmes
• Strong leadership skills and ability to manage change effectively
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with an ability/confidence to engage and represent Concern at public fora, media and donors.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including fluency in written and spoken English
• Delegation, time management and prioritizing skills and coping with broad range of demands
• Highly developed listening and conflict resolution skills.
• Belief in people and respect for people, interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in emergency context as required
• Affinity with organisational values, mission and vision, commitment to humanitarian principles
• Willingness to travel frequently to rural field locations and spend periods of time away from the capital in which the CD position is based
  • Strong understanding and commitment to the promotion of equality

All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by closing date 20th March 2013, CV’s should be no more than 4 pages in length.  Please indicate clearly which country or countries you are applying for, including your order of preference.

All candidates who are short-listed for a first round interview will be notified via email after the application deadline.

Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.

Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them.  In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment.   By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents.

Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year.  Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).  Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will not be made pending a clearance check being conducted on the applicant.  For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.

Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the co